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Thoughts on 250-foot flagpole no one is talking about 

To the editor: I sent the following to Cape Coral City Council in advance of Wednesday’s meeting: First of all, spending $500,000 on a vanity project our “illustrious” city manager thinks will attract visitors to the city is misplaced. No one is going to drive 45 minutes to an hour off ...

School district creating a climate of fear

To the editor: The auditorium was packed for the meeting of the Lee County School Board on Tuesday evening.  The Cape High football team — players, parents, coaches — were there in support of former coach Tyler Murphy, who resigned last month after allegations he had sex with the mother ...

Save our panthers

To the editor: Today, I am focusing on our wonderful panther wildlife in Florida. There is a refuge inside our state, the United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southwest Florida, east of Naples located in the upper segment of the Fakahatchee strand  of the Big Cypress ...

‘How democracy dies’ editorial was a disappointing viewpoint

To the editor: Although I sympathize with your grief, I was disappointed by your seemingly partisan editorial, “How democracy dies,” in the Sept.12 edition of The Breeze and Sept. 17 edition of the Island Reporter on Sanibel. It feels as if we live in two different worlds, where these ...

Support Charlie Kirk’s legacy

To the editor: Charlie Kirk was a friend of mine.  I met him when he was a senior in high school and I was about to start serving as a state senator. I was very impressed with his economic knowledge and his ability and willingness to communicate about important issues. His death came as a ...

How Donald Trump is doing

To the editor: How is Donald as a president?  He is exercising his CEO experience that he used to build a multi-billion-dollar real estate company.  The White House needed a CEO that plans, recruits, makes assignments and very impressively stays on top of the assignments.  He very much ...